From: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 03:45:11 +0800
To: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Subject: Re: Electromagnetic Pulse
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jim bell wrote:
> At 08:46 PM 10/4/96 -0800, Timothy C. May wrote:
> >The key is that the effects of near-ground-level bursts are
> >extremely_ localized. Shocking so, no pun intended. The largest bomb
> >in the U.S. arsenal, believed to be 20 MT, might leave a crater
> >several miles in diameter, but would hardly be felt 30 miles away.
> >Certainly almost no electronic devices would be damaged, except if
> >close to the blast center.

> What about the neutrons?  What is the effect of a neutron flux on
> silicon devices?

I hope somebody is allowing for multi-pulse and coherent 
(uni-directional) directed energy weapons.